HASLINGDEN 



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HASTINGS 



Book, and from 1582 to 1832 sent 

 two members to Parliament. About 

 1 887 its attractions became known, 

 and soon a number of literary and 

 other persons made their homes 

 here. Near is Aldworth, the resi- 

 dence of Tennyson and where he 

 died. Pop 3,500. 



Has ling den. Mun. bor. and 

 market town of Lancashire, Eng- 

 land. It is 19 m.N.W. of Manchester 

 on the L. & Y Rly. Cotton, silk and 

 woollen goods are manufactured, 

 and there are also coai-mmes, stone 

 quarries, and iron foundries. Ac- 

 crington and l.awtenstal! supply 

 electricity in bulk for both lighting 

 and power purposes. Water is ob- 

 tained trom Bury. Pop 18,700. 



Hasp. Name applied to the 

 hinged part of a metal fastening 

 for a door, box, or book cover. The 

 common form for a door has a loop 

 or slot, which is passed over an 

 adjoining staple and secured by a 

 pin or the link ot a padlock. 



Haspe. Town of Germany, in 

 the Prussian province of West- 

 phalia. It is 10 m. N-E. of Barmen 

 and 3 m. from Hagen, with which it 

 is connected by tramway as well as 

 by rail. It stands where the rivers 

 Ennepe and Haspe unite. On the 

 Westphalian coalfield, it is a modern 

 industrial town, the chief works 

 being iron-foundries, rolling mills, 

 and other establishments for the 

 manufacture of iron, steel, and 

 brass. Pop. 23,500. 



Hassall, JOHN (b. 1868). British 

 artist. Born at Walmer, and 

 educated at Heidelberg, he began 

 life on a farm 

 in Manitoba; 

 then studied art 

 at Antwerp, 

 and at Julian's, 

 Paris. Special- 

 ising upon 

 poster work, he 

 rapidly at- 

 tained a leading 

 II . position in this 

 fOvS^i/ X " genre. He also 

 ^T produced many 



f humorous 



xusseii sketches and 



designs in black-and-white, and 

 several elaborate compositions in 

 water-colour. 



Hassan. District, subdivision, 

 and town of India, in the state of 

 Mysore. It is traversed by the W. 

 Ghats and the Hemavati river. 

 Coffee and cereals are raised for ex- 

 port. The minerals include felspar, 

 kaolin, and quartz. Scattered 

 throughout the district is a large 

 number ot archaeological relics. 

 Hassan, the capital of the district, is 

 64 m. N.W. of Mysore. Area of dis- 

 tiict, 2,666 sq. m. Pop. district, 

 580,200 ; subdi vision, 98,b40 ; town, 

 7,460. 



Hassan Ibn Sabbah (d. 1124). 

 Persian sectary. Son of a promi- 

 nent member of the Shiite sect in 

 Khorasan, he had to leave Persia 

 and later Egypt after unsuccessful 

 political intrigues at the courts of 

 MalikShahand the caliph Mostansir 

 respectively. His strong personality 

 attracted a number of followers, to 

 whom he taught his peculiar doc- 

 trines, and he thus founded the 

 powerful Society of Assassins (q.v.). 

 In 1090 he established their head- 

 quarters at Alamut, a strong moun- 

 tain fortress of Persia, whence he 

 came to be known as Sheikh-al- Jebal, 

 or the Old Man of the Mountain. 

 Among his victims were his own sons. 



Hasse, EVELYN RENATUS (1856- 

 1918). Bishop of the Moravian 

 Church. He became the leading 

 minister of the Moravian Church in 

 the British Isles. From 1906 to his 

 death he was president of the 

 directing board of the Moravian 

 Church. He was consecrated as 

 bishop of the Moravian Church in 

 1904. He was 

 president of the i 

 Christian Endea- ; 

 vour Society, and \ 

 rendered valuable 

 services to the I 

 Evangelical 

 Union, the Bible 

 Society, and 

 foreign missions. ; 

 His book, The 

 Moravians, helped 

 to make the work 

 of the Moravian 



Hasselt. Town of Belgium, 

 capital of the prov. of Limburg. 

 It lies in flat country on the river 

 Denier, about 18 m. W.N.W. of 

 Maestricht. It is an important rly. 

 centre, but it has few industries. 

 A septennial kermesse on Assump- 

 tion Day has several features of 

 interest to students of folklore. At 

 Hasselt the Belgians were defeated 

 by Dutch troops on Aug. 6, 1831. 

 Pop. 17,000. 



Hastinapur. Ruined city of 

 the United Provinces, India, in 

 Meerut district. It stands on the 

 Burh Ganga, or former bed of the 

 Ganges, 22 m. N.E. of Meerut, and 

 was the capital of the great Pan- 

 dava kingdom. It was demolished 

 by a flood. 



Hastings. County borough, 

 market town, and watering-place 

 of Sussex, England. It is also one 

 of the Cinque Ports, and the 

 borough includes St. Leonards. It 

 is 62 m. S.E. of London on the 

 S.E. & C. Rlv., and is also served 



Hastings. Ruins ot the castle. Top right, the old town 

 from the East Hill 



Church known in Britain. He died 

 in June, 1918. See Moravia. 

 Hasse, JOHANN ADOLPH (1699- 



bytheL.B. & S.C. 

 Rly. From Has- 

 tings proper to 

 St. Leonards in 

 the W. is a fine 

 promenade, 3 m. 

 in length. Sev- 

 eral pleasure 

 grounds inc 1 u d e 

 Alexandra Park, 

 75 acres in extent. 

 The objects of 

 interest in c 1 u d e 

 the remains of a 

 castle built on 

 West Hill soon after 1066, the 

 churches of All Saints (llth cen- 

 tury), S. Clements (13th century), 



1783). German composer. Born at and some underground passages 

 Bergedorf, Hamburg, March 25, or caves. Ecclesbournc (Jlcn ;md 

 1699, he studied singing in Naples Fairlight Glen 

 and sang for a time as a tenor, are near. S. 

 Turning to composition, he wrote Mary's R. C. 

 over a hundred operas, including Church was 

 Antigonus and Artaxerxes, and for largely built by 

 many years lived at Dresden as Coventry Pat- 

 director ot the opera belonging to more. The Bras- 

 the elector Augustus of Saxony, sey Institute con- 

 He died in Vienna, Dec. 16, -1783. tains an excellent 



